Methodology and Tools
Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
High Performance and Large Scale Computing
Verification, Validation and Accreditation
Economics and Operations Research
Complex Systems Modelling
Education and Gaming
Simulation in Environment, Biology, Ecology and Medicine
NEW Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques NEW
NEW Simulation Applications in Industry NEW

The ESM'2002 is the international conference concerned with state of the

art technology in modelling and simulation. For several years, ESM has
proven to be an outstanding forum for researchers involved in building
innovative simulation systems, simulation and modelling tools and
applications on both the research and industrial front. The SCS European

Simulation Multiconference features an outstanding technical program
ranging from introductory tutorials to software reviews to
state-of-the-art
research and practice. The conference includes exhibits, business
meetings
for professional societies, software user groups, and a social program.
All submissions will be peer reviewed by three members of the
International
Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference
Proceedings (both print and electronic format), that will be copyrighted

and widely disseminated. All talks and tutorials must be accompanied by
a
paper of between three to eight Proceedings pages. Contributions to the
technical program are solicited in the following general areas;

Topics cover:
(- Meteorology and Climate, - Growth Dynamics, - Imaging and
Visualisation)
The main goal is to enhance the transdisciplinarity and to facilitate
contacts
and dialogs between computer scientists and specialists of Environmental

Sciences. Since 10 years the modelling process took benefits from recent
(and
less recent) techniques of computer science : Object-Oriented Languages,

Techniques, Simulation Methodologies & Tools, Synthetic Environment,
Virtual
Reality, Petri nets, DEVS and Bond Graphs. Modelling and simulation have
an
important role in structuring biological, medical and ecological
systems.
The intrinsic complexity and non-linearity of these types of systems
need
continuous and discrete simulation methodology, soft computing
methodology
in order to handle the different degrees of uncertainty, as well as
virtual
reality methodology describing the time and space dependent complexity.
Topics are biological systems, medical systems and ecosystems with the
domain
specific topics such as molecular modelling, genetic algorithms in
biosystems,
fuzzy sets and neural nets in biosystems, physiology, cardiology,
anesthesia,
cancer, circulatory system, respiratory system, renal system,
biomechanics,
agricultural production, simulation of global change, ecotechnology and
eco-engineering, GIS, population dynamics, etc Simulation of Patient
Care,
Quality of Service, Hospital Logistics, Simulation of Disease
Proliferation,
Virtual Reality in Surgical Procedures, Simulating Biological Phenomena
and
Organs, Simulation as a Tool for Diagnosis, Simulation of Emergency
Procedures
(Disaster Gaming), General Medical Simulations

TUTORIALS
Tutorials can be proposed in the following three categories:
T1- Introductory tutorials
T2- State of the Art Tutorials
T3- Software and Modelware Tutorials
Tutorial proposals should be emailed to Philippe.Geril@rug.ac.be

POSTER SESSION
The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the actual
poster
presentation, these submissions also feature as short papers in the
Proceedings.

STUDENTS SESSION
This session is for students who want to present their work in progress
or part
of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the
fact that
only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are
published
as short papers in the Proceedings.

session will be set up for vendor presentations in co-ordination with
the
scientific program. User Group meetings for simulation languages and
tools
can be organised the day before the conference. If you would like to
arrange
a meeting, please contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to
provide
a meeting room and other necessary equipment.
Partners for projects session(s) will be organised by SCS to give
potential
project teams or individuals the opportunity to present their research
in
order to link up with fellow researchers for future research projects.
Those
wishing to participate in this session need to send a proposal to SCS
Europe.

EXHIBITION
A special exhibition will be held during the conference focused on
simulation
tools. For more information please contact SCS Europe for further
details.
Email: Philippe.Geril@rug.ac.be

DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS
Send all submissions in an ELECTRONIC FORM ONLY in uuencoded, zipped
Microsoft
Word format, PDF or Postscript format indicating the designated track
and
type of submission (full paper or an extended abstract) to the SCS
Europe
(Philippe.Geril@rug.ac.be).
Please provide your name, affiliation, full mailing address, telephone /

fax number and Email address on all submissions as well. For submissions

please put in the subject of your Email the following indications:
esm2002
and designated track or USE THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PAGE!!
Only original papers, which have not been published elsewhere, will be
accepted for publication

The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings,
coffee
and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail a conference
dinner
and a guided visit to EUMETSAT or ESOC.

PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES

FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references)
During review,
the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If
excellent,
full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended
(8-page) paper.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the
International
Program Committee.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5
pages)
or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the
International
Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ESM'2002
Conference
Proceedings.

SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)
Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or
poster, which
will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted
papers will
be published in the ESM'2002 Conference Proceedings.
ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD
The 2002 European Simulation Multiconference Committee will select the
Outstanding
Paper of the Conference. The author of this paper will be awarded a free
registration
for an SCS conference.Only papers SUBMITTED AS FULL papers will be
eligible for
the Outstanding Paper Award.

LANGUAGE
The official conference language for all papers and presentations is
English.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE DECEMBER 15TH 2001

January 15, 2002:
Submit contributed full-papers
(5 to 8 proceedings pages) not previously published. These submissions,
when
accepted will be published as regular or extended papers, depending on
their quality.

January 15, 2002:
Submit extended abstracts (5 abstract pages) or short papers (3
abstract pages),
reports of industrial projects and summaries of posters. These
submissions, when
accepted will be published as regular, of up to 5 proceedings page
papers.

Once a residence of Hessian Landgrafen and Grand Dukes, Darmstadt
developed
into the capital city of the German state of Hessen. Following nearly
complete
destruction of the inner city in the Second World War, Darmstadt was to
pass
this title on to Wiesbaden. The city's identity had to be re-established
from
the ground up. Therefore emphasis was put on the so-called "smokeless
industry",
until the advent of computer technology.

Darmstadt calls itself the home for a number of reputed international
institutes
such as the European space research organizations ESOC and EUMETSAT, the
Heavy
Ion Research Association (GSI), the GMD Research Centre Information
Technology
GmbH, the Research Centre Deutsche Telekom and the Fraunhofer Institute
for
Graphic Data Processing, to name only a few. Commercial firms of
international
format (Merck, Röhm, Schenck, Wella) on one hand and institutions of the
arts
(Industrial Design, New Music etc.) and sciences (several universities)
are within
close vicinity. Today, Darmstadt, located in the middle of the
Starkenburg Region
and at the outskirts of one of the most active economic areas, the
‘Rhein-Main’,
is considered as one of the centres for information, communication and
software
technologies.

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